ACS 2024 5-YEAR ESTIMATES↗ DIRECTIONAL CHANGE FROM 2021UPDATED JAN 29, 2026
COMMUTESHIFTHow America gets to work
PLACE · IL · GEOID 17731702024 5-YEAR

COMMUTE PROFILE

Streator, Illinois

Mean one-way trip27.7 min±6.0 min MOE
Worked from home5.7%±3.5 pp MOE
Drove alone84.2%±3.6 pp MOE
60+ minute trip11.2%among commuters

U.S. Census Bureau ACS estimates for residents age 16+ who work. Commute time excludes people working from home.

01 / THE SHIFT

What changed in the published estimate?

These periods overlap: 2021 covers 2017–2021 and 2024 covers 2020–2024. Changes are directional comparisons, not independent annual measurements.

Mean commute24.6 min → 27.7 min▲ 3.1 min

Average for workers who did not work from home.

Work from home2.8% → 5.7%▲ 2.9 pp

Share of workers age 16+ who usually worked from home.

Public transit0.1% → 0.4%▲ 0.3 pp

Public transportation excluding taxi.

Drive alone83.4% → 84.2%▲ 0.8 pp

Car, truck, or van—drove alone.

02 / MODE SHARE

How residents usually get to work

Drive alone84.2% ±3.6 pp
Carpool5.5% ±3.2 pp
Public transit0.4% ±0.5 pp
Walk2.9% ±1.6 pp
Bicycle0.2% ±0.3 pp
Work from home5.7% ±3.5 pp

Each share uses 5,365 estimated workers as its denominator. Categories shown here do not include every ACS mode.

03 / PEER CONTEXT

Compared with similar-size places

Percentiles are single-metric context, never a “good commute” score.

66thMean commute percentile

Mean commute time is higher than about 66% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

18thWork-from-home percentile

The work-from-home share is lower than about 82% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

55thTransit percentile

The public-transit share is higher than about 55% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

75th60+ minute percentile

The 60+ minute share is higher than about 75% of covered places in the under 25k population band.

04 / ESTIMATE BASE

The counts behind the shares

Population estimate12,330± 524 MOE
Workers age 16+5,365± 471 MOE
Workers with travel time5,058± 441 MOE
Estimated home workers307± 191 MOE
Why the ± matters

ACS values are survey estimates. The margin of error is the 90% confidence interval published by the Census Bureau or calculated for a share from published component margins. Small differences can be sampling noise.